# कच्छप
## Pali
### Alternative forms

* kacchapa (Latin script)
* 𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀧 (Brahmi script)
* কচ্ছপ (Bengali script)
* කච‍්ඡප (Sinhalese script)
* ကစ္ဆပ or ၵၸ္ꧡပ or ၵၸ်ꧡပ (Burmese script)
* กจฺฉป or กัจฉะปะ (Thai script)
* ᨠᨧ᩠ᨨᨷ (Tai Tham script)
* ກຈ຺ຉປ or ກັຈຉະປະ (Lao script)
* កច្ឆប (Khmer script)
* 𑄇𑄌𑄴𑄍𑄛 (Chakma script)

### Noun

कच्छप m
* tortoise, turtle

#### Derived terms

* kacchapī (“a lute”)

## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* কচ্ছপ (Assamese script)
* ᬓᬘ᭄ᬙᬧ (Balinese script)
* কচ্ছপ (Bengali script)
* 𑰎𑰓𑰿𑰔𑰢 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀧 (Brahmi script)
* ကစ္ဆပ (Burmese script)
* કચ્છપ (Gujarati script)
* ਕਚ੍ਛਪ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌕𑌚𑍍𑌛𑌪 (Grantha script)
* ꦏꦕ꧀ꦖꦥ (Javanese script)
* 𑂍𑂒𑂹𑂓𑂣 (Kaithi script)
* ಕಚ್ಛಪ (Kannada script)
* កច្ឆប (Khmer script)
* ກຈ຺ຉປ (Lao script)
* കച്ഛപ (Malayalam script)
* ᡬᠠᢜᡮᠠᢒᠠ (Manchu script)
* 𑘎𑘓𑘿𑘔𑘢 (Modi script)
* ᢉᠠᢋᠼᠠᢒᠠ (Mongolian script)
* 𑦮𑦳𑧠𑦴𑧂 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐎𑐔𑑂𑐕𑐥 (Newa script)
* କଚ୍ଛପ (Odia script)
* ꢒꢗ꣄ꢘꢦ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆑𑆖𑇀𑆗𑆥 (Sharada script)
* 𑖎𑖓𑖿𑖔𑖢 (Siddham script)
* කච‍්ඡප (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩜𑩡 𑪙𑩢𑩰 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚊𑚏𑚶𑚐𑚞 (Takri script)
* கச்ச²ப (Tamil script)
* కచ్ఛప (Telugu script)
* กจฺฉป (Thai script)
* ཀ་ཙྪ་པ (Tibetan script)
* 𑒏𑒔𑓂𑒕𑒣 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨋𑨣𑩇𑨤𑨞 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From earlier कश्यप (kaśyápa), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *kaćyápas. Cognate with Persian کشف (kašaf, “tortoise”) and Khotanese khuysaa- (“tortoise, frog”). Form influenced by कच्छ "shore" and पा "to guard".

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈkɐt̪.t͡ɕʰɐ.pɐ/, [ˈkɐt̪̚.t͡ɕʰɐ.pɐ]

### Noun

कच्छप • (kacchapa) stem, m
* tortoise, turtle

#### Descendants

* Dardic:
** → Kashmiri:
*** Arabic script: کۆچُو (kocuv)
*** Devanagari script: कॊचुव (kocuv)
*** Sharada script: 𑆑𑆾𑇌𑆖𑆶𑆮 (kocuv)
* Pali: kacchapa
** → Lao: ກັດສະປະ (kat sa pa)
** → Thai: กัจฉปะ (gàt-chà-bpà)
* Prakrit: 𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀯 (kacchava), 𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀯𑀻 (kacchavī)
** Central:
*** Ardhamagadhi Prakrit:
**** Awadhi: कचुआ (kacuā)
*** Sauraseni Prakrit: 𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀯 (kacchava)
**** ⇒ Sauraseni Prakrit: *𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀯-𑀕 (*kacchava-ga)
***** Gurjara Apabhramsa:
****** Old Gujarati:
******* Gujarati: કાચબો (kācbo)
******* Malvi: काछबो (kāchbo)
******* Mewari: काछबो (kāchbo)
***** Sauraseni Apabhramsa:
****** Hindustani: kachuā, kachwā, kachuī, kachwī
******* Hindi: कछुआ, कछवा, कछुई, कछवी
******* Urdu: کَچُھوا (kachuā), کَچھْوَا (kachvā), کَچھُءَا, کَچھْوَا (kachvā)
** Eastern:
*** Magadhi Prakrit: 𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀯 (kacchava)
**** Assamese: কাছ (kaso)
**** Bengali: কচ্ছপ (kocchop), কাছিম (kachim)
**** Bihari:
***** Bhojpuri: कचुआ (kacuā)
***** Maithili: काचु (kācʉ)
**** Odia: କେଛୁ (kechu), କଇଛୋ (kaicho), କେଁଛୂ (kẽchu), କଇଁଛ (kaĩcha), କଇଁଚ (kaĩca), କଛିମ (kachima), କଚିମ (kacima)
** Northern:
*** Khasa Prakrit:
**** Nepali: कछुवा (kachuwā)
** Northwestern:
*** Paisaci Prakrit:
**** Takka Apabhramsa:
***** Punjabi: kacchū
    Gurmukhi script: ਕੱਛੂ, [Term?]
    Shahmukhi script: کَچّھُو, [Term?]
** Southern:
*** Maharastri Prakrit: 𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀯 (kacchava)
**** Konkani: kā̃sav
    Devanagari script: कांसव
    Kannada script: ಕಾಂಸವ್
    Latin script: kansov
**** Marathi: कासव (kāsav)
**** Konkani: kāsavu
***** Devanagari script: कासवु
***** Latin script: kasovu
***** Kannada script: ಕಾಸವು
**** Marathi: कासव (kāsav), कांसव (kāusav)
* Prakrit: 𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀪 (kacchabha), 𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀳 (kacchaha)
** Central:
*** Ardhamagadhi Prakrit: 𑀓𑀘𑁆𑀙𑀪 (kacchabha)
** Eastern:
*** Magadhi Prakrit:
**** Assamese: কাছ (kas)
** Southern:
*** Helu Prakrit:
**** Dhivehi: ކަހަނބު (kahaᵐbu)
**** Sinhalese: කැසුඹු (kæsuᵐbu), කැසුබු (kæsubu)
** Western:
*** Sauraseni Prakrit:
**** Gujarati: કાચબો (kācbo), કાચબી (kācbī)

#### Borrowed terms

* → Bengali: কচ্ছপ (kocchop)
* → Gujarati: કચ્છપ (kacchap)
* → Old Javanese:
** Javanese: ꦏꦕꦥ (kacapa)
* → Old Marathi: kachap
** Devanagari script: कछप (kachapa)
** Modi script: 𑘎𑘔𑘢 (kachapa)
* → Odia: କଚ୍ଛପ (kacchapa)
* → Telugu: కచ్ఛపము (kacchapamu)

### References

* Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “kacchapa”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press